KR101310727B1 - Eco-friendly snow plow having anti freezing function for snow thrower - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A snowplow vehicle including a freezing prevention function for a snow inputting pipe is provided to effectively remove snow by preventing the snow inputting pipe from being frozen by melting and heating the snow in a process to remove the snow. CONSTITUTION: A snowplow vehicle including a freezing preventing function for a snow inputting pipe comprises a snow removing unit (100), a snow inputting unit (200), a melting unit (500), a molten water line (630), and a nozzle unit (210). The melting unit melts and heats the snow sucked in the snow removing unit. The molten water line supplies the molten water heated in the melting unit to the snow inputting unit. The nozzle unit is arranged in zigzag in order to crossly spray the molten water to a side wall facing both side walls of the snow inputting unit.

Description

Snow removal vehicle with anti-freezing function of dredging pipe {ECO-FRIENDLY SNOW PLOW HAVING ANTI FREEZING FUNCTION FOR SNOW THROWER}

The present invention relates to a snowplow, and more particularly, to a snowplow having a snow pipe preventive function that can prevent the blockage or efficiency decrease caused by excessive load of the snow pipe and freezing of the snow pipe due to low temperatures during snow removal. will be.

Generally, snowplows are equipment that removes snow from the road.

Generally used snow removing method is to load the calcium chloride spreader or chloride solution spreader into the vehicle's loading box and spray it while driving on the road, and install snowplows such as blades on the front of the vehicle to move snow or snowfall to the roadside during the driving process. The collection method is used.

The system equipped with the calcium chloride spreader has a salinity up to 1.3 times that of salt, and due to the strong corrosion, it causes the death of road trees, damage of road surfaces, corrosion of steel parts of piers, corrosion of vehicles and water pollution. It is causing social problems.

In the case of a snowplow using a snow plow blade, the vehicle removes snow or loads it on a predetermined portion through a blade disposed in front of the vehicle body when traveling. The blade is disposed on the front side of the vehicle to move the snow accumulated on the road in one direction adjacent to or close to the road surface, Figure 1 shows a plan view of a snowplow according to the prior art.

Support portion 4 is disposed in front of the vehicle body 1 for the operator's boarding and movement of the blade 2 to support the blade 2 in front. The blade 2 is generally formed in a horizontally long shape, and has a length approximately corresponding to the width of the first lane of the road.

Between the blade 2 and the support portion 4 is supported by a cylinder (3) for adjusting the tilting and drawing length.

When the vehicle body 1 is moved to the front through the structure as described above, the blade 2 is in close contact with the road surface to move the snow gathered to one side of the road.

In such a structure, only snow collecting is performed as a part of the road surface rather than completely removing snow, and thus it is difficult to achieve snow removing purpose and in some cases causes road congestion.

Recently, a method of throwing snow on the side of a road or loading part of a vehicle after forcibly inhaling snow is used, and the dumping pipe extends from the front toward a predetermined loading part or a road surface. Due to the accumulation of ice and freezing due to low temperatures, the efficiency of suction and discharge is significantly reduced or in serious cases may cause failure.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and provides a snow removal vehicle having a function to prevent the freezing and clogging of the dumping pipe in the process of sucking and discharging the snow on the road surface. The purpose is to.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a snow removal vehicle having a function of preventing snow-driving pipes maximizing the environmental benefits by removing snow and ice freezing using the molten snow.

The snow removal vehicle having a snow-driving pipe freezing prevention function according to the present invention is a snow removal vehicle that proceeds along a road surface, and is provided on the front side of a snow removal unit for sucking snow and a pipe shape for transporting snow sucked from the snow removal unit. A melting part for melting and heating the snow sucked by the snow removing part, a melting water line for supplying the melted water heated in the melting part to the depositing part, and a melting supplied from the melting water line inside the depositing part. Provided is a snow removal vehicle having a spray pipe freezing prevention function having at least one nozzle unit for spraying water. Therefore, the operation performance of the dredging pipe can be maintained and the operation reliability is improved.

In addition, the snow removal vehicle having a spray pipe freezing prevention function according to the present invention, it is preferable that the nozzle portion is arranged in a zigzag along the longitudinal direction so as to cross the molten water to the side wall facing the opposite side wall of the spraying portion. Thus, the efficiency of freezing prevention is maximized.

In addition, the snow removing vehicle having a function to prevent the dumping pipe freezing according to the present invention may further include a monitoring unit for checking whether the freezing inside the dumping pipe. Therefore, it is possible to selectively operate in accordance with the occurrence of the freezing to minimize the power loss, and to timely remove and prevent freezing.

In addition, the snow removal vehicle having a drip pipe freezing prevention function according to the present invention, the monitoring unit may include one or more camera modules provided in the drip pipe, and a CCTV provided in the driver's seat. Therefore, it is possible to visually confirm normal operation, thereby improving work reliability.

In addition, a snow removing vehicle having a function of preventing the pipe installation ice freezing according to the present invention, the loading portion for loading the snow discharged from the spraying portion in the inner space and the snow or low temperature molten water from the loading portion is heated in the melting portion And a circulating flow path for reducing the load back to the loading part, wherein the melted water line may suck the melted water from the loading part and supply the melted water to the nozzle part. Thus, the generation and storage of the melted water is made effective.

In addition, the snow removal vehicle having a spray pipe freezing prevention function according to the present invention, the tank unit for storing the fuel, the engine unit is operated through the fuel of the tank unit and provides power, and the fuel through the tank unit It includes a heating unit for generating heat, and a heat exchanger for transferring the heat of the heating unit to the circulation flow path for heating, the fuel stored in the tank unit is preferably CNG. Therefore, it is environmentally friendly and has excellent operating efficiency.

The snowplow having a function of preventing snow dropping pipe according to the present invention can be used to prevent the freezing of the snow dropping pipe by melting and heating snow in the process of removing snow from the road surface, as described above. have.

In addition, since it uses environmentally friendly fuel and prevents snow removal and freezing using natural snow, there is an effect of preventing environmental pollution and waste of snow removal agent.

1 is a plan view showing a snowplow of the prior art.
Figure 2 is a plan view showing a snowplow having a dust pipe freezing function of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a plan view showing a snow removal unit side of the snowplow having a spray pipe freezing function of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a side view of a snowplow having a function for preventing the icing pipes shown in FIG.

The snowplow having a snow dropping tube freezing function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the following drawings.

Figure 2 is a plan view showing a snowplow having a spraying pipe freezing function of the present invention.

The snow removal vehicle having a snow pipe freezing prevention function according to the present invention is basically a snow removal unit 100 for sucking snow on the road surface, a snow removal unit 200 for transporting snow sucked from the snow removal unit 100, and It is provided with one or more nozzles 210 which are provided inside the dumping portion 200 to eject the melted water of the eye.

In addition, the loading unit 400 for loading snow that is sucked from the snow removing unit 100 and introduced from the spraying unit 200 and the snow loaded in the loading unit 400 are melted and heated to load the loading unit 400 again. It may further include a fusion unit 500 to reduce the supply to the nozzle unit 210 at the same time.

The above components are basically devices that are mounted in a vehicle, and may include a driver's seat unit 300 that allows a user to directly drive or operate the devices, but is not essential.

The snow removing unit 100 serves to suck the snow on the road surface and transfer the snow to the loading unit 400, and a member such as a blade or a blade may be coupled to facilitate the suction. In this regard will be described later in the description below.

The loading unit 400 may be disposed at the rear side of the driver's seat 300, and forms a predetermined accommodation space to accommodate the snow sucked by the snow removing unit 100 therein. Arrangement, shape and capacity of such a loading unit 400 may be made in various ways depending on the selection.

In order to transfer snow from the snow removing part 100 to the loading part 400, a dropping part 200 which is a predetermined conveying means is provided, and the dropping part 200 extends upward from the snow removing part 100. It may be arranged to reach the upper side of the loading unit 400 through the upper side of the driver's seat 300, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

In the concept of the present invention, part or all of the snow sucked from the snow removing part 100 may be thrown out by the throwing part 200 to the outside of the road surface. In some cases, the loading unit 400 may be omitted.

The throwing portion 200 may be formed in a predetermined pipe shape, and an opening may be formed at the rear end side of the dropping portion 200 to be thrown into the loading portion 400 by the suction pressure and / or the weight of the snow removing portion 100.

In the melting part 500 adjacent to the loading part 400, a predetermined melting means and a pipe may be formed. The melting part 500 sucks the snow accommodated in the loading part 400 and through a predetermined heating process. A predetermined circulation channel 600 is disposed to be melted and reduced to the loading part 400 again.

The circulation passage 600 is formed of a kind of pipe and is arranged to communicate with the loading unit 400 and the melting unit 500. In some cases, the circulation passage 600 is provided with a valve to control the movement of the melted water or snow, and the valve is preferably an electromagnetic valve.

The suction part 610 may be coupled to one end of the circulation passage 600, and the suction part 610 may be disposed in the loading part 400. The suction part 610 may be provided with a predetermined filter member (not shown) so as to prevent the inflow of foreign matters during circulation in the melting part 500.

In addition, a discharge part 620 is formed at the other end side of the circulation passage 600, and the discharge part 620 is melted, heated, and reloaded by melting the snow or the mixed state of the snow and the melted water sucked by the suction part 610. To be reduced to the portion 400.

Since the melted water discharged from the discharge part 620 is in a heated state, the melted water functions to melt the snow introduced from the spraying part 200.

The fusion unit 500 may include an engine unit 510 which is an overall power source, and may provide power required for the overall driving of the snow removal vehicle through the engine unit 510.

The engine unit 510 may be preferably made of a pollution-free Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engine. In this case, air pollutants such as sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides may be reduced, and carbon dioxide emissions may also be reduced to gasoline, diesel, LPG. It should be noted that there are fewer environmental benefits than in the case of.

In order to supply the fuel of the engine unit 510, the melting unit 500 may further include a tank unit 540, which is a CNG storage means.

The power from the engine unit 510 may be provided to the suction power unit 520 provided in the melting unit 500, and the suction power unit 520 may provide a negative pressure to the suction unit 610 as a fluid pump. Can provide. The pressure thus provided is a power source for flowing the snow of the loading unit 400 or the snow in the melted state to the circulation passage 600.

The heat exchanger 530 may be disposed on the path of the circulation passage 600, and the heat exchanger 530 heats the snow or the melt of the eye by a predetermined heating means to reload the melted water into the melted water 400. To be reduced to Therefore, the heat exchanger 530 may be provided with a predetermined heating means, and the heating means may heat the eyes by utilizing the fuel of the tank unit 540.

In the concept of the present invention, the snow melted and heated by the melting part 500, that is, the melted water, is supplied to the spraying part 200 through the melting water line 630.

The melted water line 630 may be branched from a portion of the circulation passage 600, or as shown in the drawing may suck the melted water from the loading unit 400 side and supply it to the dumping unit 200 side.

At this time, the melted water pump 640 may be further provided for the movement of the melted water to the spraying unit 200 and the supply of pressure. The melted water pump 640 may be operated by the engine unit 510.

The melted water line 630 extends in the spraying part 200, and at least one nozzle part 210 is disposed on the melted water line 630 so as to face an interior space of the spraying part 200.

Preferably, the nozzle unit 210 is disposed in plural, and the number and positions of the nozzles 210 may be selectively selected.

In consideration of the efficiency of the entire relationship between the vehicle and the dumping portion 200 is made of a substantially rectangular cross-section, the nozzle portion 210 is arranged to inject the molten water toward the side walls facing each other on both sides Can be.

More preferably, the nozzle portion 210 is arranged in a zigzag manner at both side walls along the longitudinal direction of the spraying portion 200. Each nozzle unit 210 prevents freezing by spinning molten water to supply high temperature molten water to a predetermined region.

In this case, the freezing does not mean a state where the snow is completely cured, and it is to be understood that the snow is attached to the inner wall and includes a state in which the freezing may occur as the temperature decreases.

The nozzle unit 210 is disposed in a zigzag manner in a manner that intersects at both side walls in consideration of the moving direction from the front side to the rear side of the throwing unit 200, each of the nozzle unit 210 is inclined toward the front side Can be oriented.

Figure 3 is a plan view showing the front side of the snow plow with a dredge pipe freezing function of the present invention.

The snow removing unit 100 provided on the front side of the driver's seat 300 is configured to suck the snow on the road surface as described above. Specifically, the collecting unit 120 is disposed adjacent to the road surface, and the It may be provided with a scroll 110 that can guide the eye toward the collecting unit 120.

The collecting part 120 is formed in an approximately arc shape on the side, and a predetermined opening formed in the center side may communicate with the dropping part 200. The scroll unit 110, which is operated to improve the ease of inhalation of the eye in the collecting unit 120, is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape and is coupled to the collecting unit 120 so as to be rotated in the front and rear directions.

The scroll unit 110 includes a plurality of grooves or blades, and the grooves or blades are arranged to guide the eye of the road surface toward the center of the collecting unit 120. The scroll unit 110 is preferably rotated downward in view of snow plowing on the road surface.

In addition, a blower 130 may be provided at the opening side of the snow removing unit 100 to provide suction power of the collected eyes. The blower 130 may be formed in the shape of an impeller, so that the collected eyes are pumped through the dumping unit 200. However, the shape of the blower 130 may be made in various ways depending on the selection, it is also possible to transfer the eye in the transfer screw method in some cases.

The snow removal unit 100 is preferably provided on the front side of the snow removal vehicle having a function to prevent the snow pipe frost is coupled to be detachable. At this time, the inclination adjustment unit 310 may be interposed between the snow removing unit 100 and the driver's seat 300 in the front side.

The inclination control unit 310 may function to cope with various environments of the road surface by adjusting the angle of the top and bottom and / or left and right of the snow removing unit (100). The inclination control unit 310 is preferably made of a cylinder operated by the hydraulic pressure, the power source of the cylinder may be provided in the engine unit 510 described above.

The dropping part 200 may be formed in a predetermined pipe shape extending the upper space of the snow removing part 100 and the loading part 400, the driver's seat (for fixing the position and shape of the dropping part 200) A predetermined bracket portion (not shown) may be disposed above 300.

As described above, the collected eye to the upper side of the loading portion 400 is injected from the rear side end portion of the throwing portion 200, and the injected snow is accumulated from the lower side of the loading portion 400 by its own weight.

The concept of the present invention proposes a concept of melting and heating the snow loaded on the loading part 400 to remove snow on the road surface and to prevent freezing of the snow dropping part 200. It will be described in detail.

Figure 4 is a side view showing a snowplow having a dust pipe frost prevention function of the present invention. Referring to Figure 2 looks at in more detail the circulation structure of the snow and melted water.

As described above, the snow introduced from the dumping part 200 is loaded from the lower space of the loading part 400, and the part disposed in the loading part 400 of the circulation flow path 600 is the bottom surface of the loading part 400. Is placed adjacent to.

Similarly, the melted water line 630 may be disposed adjacent to the bottom of the loading unit 400, and suction means when the melted water line 630 is formed separately from the circulation passage 600 as in the above-described embodiment (Not shown) and the melted water pump 640 may be combined.

The fusion water line 630 may extend along the upper side of the side wall and the loading part 400 to reach the dropping part 200, and as shown in the drawing in consideration of the arrangement relationship, the rear side of the dropping part 200. It is preferred to extend from the front side to the front side.

The circulation passage 600 includes a suction part 610 at one end side and a discharge part 620 at the other end side, wherein the suction part 610 and the discharge part 620 are spaced apart from each other as much as possible. It is preferable to consider the efficiency of the inflow and outflow of the molten water and the melting of the snow.

Accordingly, the discharge part 620 may be disposed at one corner of the loading part 400, but the suction part 610 may be disposed to face in the diagonal direction of the discharge part 620. At this time, the suction unit 610 is more preferably disposed adjacent to the partition partition partitioning the loading unit 400 and the melting unit 500 for the advantage of the distance to the melting unit 500.

In addition, the loading unit 400 may be provided with a discharge unit 410 for discharging snow melted melted water on the road surface, the discharge unit 410 of the snow removal vehicle having a function to prevent the snow pipe icing Melting water can be discharged laterally. In this arrangement, the snow that is not sucked by the suction unit 610 and moved to the edge of the road surface may be melted and flowed down by the melted water discharged to the side.

The portion and the number of the discharge portion 410 are arranged may be variously selected according to the selection. In the embodiment of the present invention, an example in which four discharge units 410 are disposed on each side, and four in total are disposed.

The discharge part 410 is formed in a predetermined pipe shape, it is preferably disposed extending from the lower portion 400 to be adjacent to the road surface to discharge the molten water.

On the other hand, when the suction port of the discharge portion 410 is disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the loading portion 400, all the melted water contained in the loading portion can be discharged to the outside, in this case ensuring the time required for loading and melting of the eye There is a problem that becomes difficult.

Therefore, the discharge part 410 is preferably further extended upward from the bottom of the loading part 400 so that the inlet 411 is spaced apart from the bottom toward the upper side. Therefore, it should be noted that the interval between the suction port 411 from the bottom of the loading unit 400 serves as a kind of storage and melting space. The height of the inlet 411 is disposed may be selectively made in consideration of the overall capacity and the melting capacity of the loading unit 400, and in some cases the length of the discharge unit 410 can be made variable Of course, it is also possible to adjust the height of the inlet 411 to adapt to.

The circulation passage 600 circulates inside the loading unit 400 and inside the melting unit 500, and heat exchange is performed by the heat exchange unit 530 in some paths to melt and heat snow.

In order to improve the heat exchange efficiency of the heat exchanger 530, the circulation flow path 600 in the heat exchanger 530 is preferably arranged in a zigzag shape, in consideration of the ease of discharge to the discharge unit 620 due to its own weight. The snow or low temperature liquid sucked from the suction part 610 may flow upward from the bottom of the heat exchange part 530.

The heat exchanger 530 may be combined with the heating unit 560, and the heating unit 560 may be a burner. When the heating unit 560 is a burner, heat may be generated by oxidizing the fuel in the tank unit 540, and the fuel is preferably made of CNG as described above.

In addition, the present invention may further include a snow removal water storage unit 550 on the rear side, the snow removal water storage unit 550 is provided on the rear end side of the snow removal vehicle having a function to prevent the snow pipes freeze separate snow removal to the rear. Can spray water.

Here, snow removal means a material that melts snow, but is preferably an aqueous solution containing calcium chloride, of course, it is also possible to utilize the melted water contained in the loading unit 400.

The snow removal water storage unit 550 forms a predetermined accommodation space and sprays snow removal water to the rear side of the road surface from the spraying unit 551 extending downward.

Here, the discharge unit 410 discharges the molten water to the side, the spraying unit 551 has a difference that discharges the snow removal to the rear, the operation of the vehicle in the operation process of the snow removal vehicle having a dust pipe freezing function. The snow on the front side is sucked and stacked by the suction unit 610, and in the case of snow pushed to both sides of the scroll unit 110, the snow is melted and removed by the melted water dissolved in the discharge unit 410, and the suction unit ( The snow remaining on the road surface on the path of the vehicle without being removed at 610 is to be removed by snow removal from the spraying unit 551.

It should be noted that this concept has the advantage that most snowfall can be completely removed in and around the snow plow's movement path. In addition, it is possible to minimize the amount of snow removal to be sprayed has the advantage of preventing environmental pollution and corrosion of the members.

In addition, in the concept of the present invention, in order to determine the operation time of the frost prevention function through the nozzle unit 210, the spraying unit 200 may further include a monitoring unit 220.

The monitoring unit 220 functions to determine whether freezing occurs in the spraying unit 200. When the state detected by the monitoring unit 220 is determined to be freezing by the user, the monitoring unit 220 is provided in the driver's seat 300. Operation can be made as needed through a separate controller (not shown).

The monitoring unit 220 may be a variety of devices such as temperature sensor, camera module or pressure sensing means.

When the monitoring unit 220 is formed of a camera module, the user sends the video signal photographed by the one or more camera modules disposed in the excavation unit 200 to an image device such as a CCTV provided in the driver's seat 300. You can check inside yourself. In this case, the camera modules may be appropriately spaced apart from three.

In addition, when the monitoring unit 220 is made of a temperature sensor, it is determined that the condition of freezing occurs when the temperature inside the dredging pipe falls below a set value, providing an alarm to the user or automatically melting water pump as a freezing prevention device. 640, the melted water line 630 and the nozzle unit 210 may be operated.

In addition, when the monitoring unit 220 is formed of a pressure sensing means, for example, the pressure sensing means in the portion adjacent to the opening side of the snow removing unit 100 and the portion adjacent to the rear end of the throwing portion 200. The degree of pressure drop may be determined by arranging, and it may be determined that snow accumulation or freezing is prevented.

The snowplow having a snow dropping pipe freezing function according to the present invention can be used to prevent the freezing of the snow dropping pipe by melting and heating snow in the process of removing snow from the road surface as described above. have.

In particular, the effect can be maximized because not only the supply of the heated molten water of the nozzle portion but also the elimination of icing or snow accumulation by the injection pressure through the nozzle can be eliminated.

In addition, since it uses environmentally friendly fuel and prevents snow removal and freezing using natural snow, it has an advantage of preventing environmental pollution and waste of snow removal agent.

In the foregoing, the present invention has been described in detail based on the embodiments and the accompanying drawings. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited by the above embodiments and drawings, and the scope of the present invention will be limited only by the content of the following claims.

100 ... Snow Snow 110 ... Scroll
120 ... collector 130 ... blower
200 ... Droplet 210 ... Nozzle
220 Monitoring unit 300 Driver's seat
310 ... Tilt adjustment unit 400 ... Loading unit
410 ... outlet 411 ... intake
412 outlet 500 melt
510 Engine 520 Suction power unit
530 ... Heat exchanger 540 ... Tank part
550 Snow removal reservoir 551 Sprayer
560 heating unit 600 circulation circuit
610 ... suction 620 ... discharge
630 ... Melted Water Line 640 ... Melted Water Pump

Claims (6)

As a snow removing car that proceeds along the road surface,
A snow removal unit provided on the front side to suck the eyes;
A pipe-shaped dredging unit for transporting snow sucked from the snow removing unit;
A melting unit for melting and heating snow sucked from the snow removing unit;
Melting water line for supplying the molten water heated in the melting portion to the dumping portion; And
And at least one nozzle unit injecting the melted water supplied from the melted water line inside the spraying unit,
In the nozzle unit,
A snowplow having a dust pipe freezing prevention function, characterized in that it is arranged in a zigzag along the longitudinal direction so as to cross the molten water from the opposite side walls of the spraying section to cross the molten water. As a snow removing car that proceeds along the road surface,
A snow removal unit provided on the front side to suck the eyes;
A pipe-shaped dredging unit for transporting snow sucked from the snow removing unit;
A melting unit for melting and heating snow sucked from the snow removing unit;
Melting water line for supplying the molten water heated in the melting portion to the dumping portion;
At least one nozzle unit for injecting melted water supplied from the melted water line into the spraying unit; And
Snow removal vehicle having a snow pipe preventive function, characterized in that it comprises a; monitoring unit for checking whether the icing inside the frosting. delete The method of claim 2,
The monitoring unit,
Snow removal vehicle having a snowfall prevention function for the snowfall pipe, characterized in that it comprises at least one camera module provided in the drip pipe and CCTV provided inside the driver's seat. The method according to any one of claims 1, 2, and 4,
A loading unit for loading snow discharged from the spraying unit into an inner space; And
And a circulation passage for sucking snow or low temperature molten water from the loading unit, heating the melted portion, and reducing the loading water back to the loading unit.
The melting water line is a snow removal vehicle having a function of preventing the pipe pipe frost, characterized in that for sucking the molten water from the loading portion to supply to the nozzle. The method of claim 5,
The melting portion,
A tank unit for storing fuel, an engine unit operated through the fuel of the tank unit to provide power, a heating unit for generating heat through the fuel of the tank unit, and a heat to transmit the heat of the heating unit to the circulation passage to heat it. To include a heat exchanger,
The fuel stored in the tank unit is a snowplow with a snow pipe preventive function, characterized in that the CNG.

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